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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
1
New York June 23 NBC quotes Brazzaville radio reporting American troops have seized three hill positions dominating Cherbourg after intense fighting.
Republicans work to tidy preliminaries for their Chicago convention as Dewey backers push a draft Dewey plan. Bricker says he is in the race to finish, while Arnall forecasts Roosevelt's renomination and a southern revolt debate continues.
The United States and 17 other American republics recognize Bolivia ending six months of isolation. Uruguay plans to extend recognition soon. Robert F. Woodward announced the resumption of relations to Bolivian Foreign Minister Enrique Baldigieso in La Paz.
Tokyo radio said Nippon Times pictures show American airmen buried with bushido rites after their B 29s were shot down during a June 16 raid on northern Kyushu. The captions claim cremation and grave posts erected by Japanese anti aircraft crews.
The U S Fifth Fleet routed the Japanese grand fleet east of the Philippines without loss of a ship, claiming at least 358 Japanese planes downed in two battle phases near Guam and Saipan. US losses were 21 planes and one ship, with most downed aircrews rescued.
Senator Byrd of Virginia rejects any bid for the Republican vice presidential nomination stating he is not a candidate on any ticket. He also says he has not heard of Rep Knutson and does not comment on draft plans.
U S Pacific Fleet reports 20 000 Japanese soldiers on Saipan believed abandoned by their fleet were struck by a large U S invasion force. Task Force 58 sank a Japanese carrier and damaged others as U S Marines and Army troops push from Magicienne Bay Mount Tapotchau Nafutan to secure the island gateway. Admiral Nimitz says the operation is progressing well with heavy air and ground support.
American submarines have sunk 16 Japanese vessels in the Pacific, a heavy blow to the merchant fleet. The Navy offered no details on when or where the sinkings occurred, but noted submarines operated near Japanese shores and along supply lines. Navy Secretary Forrestal cited submarine reconnaissance aiding fleet locations east of the Philippines.
Allied carrier based bombers and fighters raided the Japanese held Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal. A Domei dispatch broadcast by Tokyo radio reported 35 planes attacked Port Blair, the archipelago's principal harbor and naval base.
OPA officials served suspension order hearings to four Tucson stations after a June 12 to 16 probe found illegal A-12 gas coupons in their possession. Hearings set for July 7 in the federal building grand jury room.
Housing demand falls as Tucson enters a postwar slump per figures from Homer D. Lininger national housing center director. Applications for dwellings in the last month totaled 937 with 256 secured. 480 sought houses or apartments. 109 sought rooms. Vacancies in conversion units stood at 40.
Navy reveals task force 58 as a vast, secret striking fleet tasked with battering Japan. Rear Adm. Radford hints at its size citing many of Pearl Harbor’s 22 new carriers as part of the force. The fleet maintains its own fuel and supply chain while pushing a one way drive toward Japan.
Allied forces report progress in Italy with German positions strengthening between Lake Trasimeno and Lake Chiusi and north of Perugia. Eighth Army faces strong resistance north of Perugia and southwest of Trasimeno with several counterattacks repulsed. Ancona port and Chienti river advance noted. Fifth Army pushes along highway one toward Pisa.
Rescuers combed ruins across a 30 mile front from northern Illinois into southern Wisconsin after a tornado wind storm last night leveled buildings and disrupted communications. Belmont Wisconsin reported five dead and 25 injured as five blocks were hit and 15 houses flattened. A Cedarville couple and their infant were badly hurt while another family lost members in the devastation.
Allied forces reported fierce combat as Lt Gen Omar Bradley’s troops stormed a Cherbourg harbor defense. Small gains were made near the port while eastern and western flank advances cut key roads and isolated pockets of German resistance.
London reports indicate a fresh Soviet assault northwest and southeast of Vitebsk on the third anniversary of Hitler’s invasion. Berlin said triple spearheads pushed from Mogilev to Vitebsk with heavy tank and air support, while Moscow claimed advances against the Finns and near the Aunus isthmus. Bitter fighting reported around Vitebsk as German and Soviet forces clash.
Earl William Nepple, 67, a Los Angeles hotel manager, was decapitated when a low flying plane and his car collided on U S Highway 89 between Phoenix and Wickenburg Arizona. The aircraft wingtip sliced through the windshield. Nepple’s wife Marie and a Phoenix passenger, George B. King, were uninjured. The plane fled, military authorities were notified, and the car crossed 518 yards into the desert before stopping.
Allied air forces keep up round the clock bombing over Pas Calais rocket coast for the eighth straight day with up to 250 American bombers. RAF heavies target rail yards at Reims and Laon as British reports say major operations climaxed since Normandy invasion. Several bombers missing as tens of thousands of sorties loom in the day’s heavy raid pattern.
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